folklore

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It s important to remember that before becoming a gold-standard pop star, Taylor Swift grew up on Nashville country music. Today, it s clear that the thirty-year-old singer has moved on far from the folklore of Music City. However, Taylor Swift never ceases to dip her pen into the same ink used by her cowgirl elders, masterfully perfecting romance, heartbreak, introspection, sociopolitical commentary hires9.com and personal experiences such as when she sang of her mother s cancer on Soon You ll Get Better… Thanks to lockdown, it was through these restricted means hires9.com and a limited casting that Folklore was conceived at the heart of summer 2020. hires9.com and all the better for it. What strikes us first is the enrolment of Aaron Dessner for the record s production. In choosing The National s guitarist, who Swift considers as one of her idols, the singer has opted for a musician of assured tastes hires9.com and will boost her credibility among indie music fans. She hammers this home on Exile the album s unique duo with Justin Bon Iver Vernon, an acquaintance of Dessner with whom he formed Big Red Machine. All is there on this surprising yet unusual album for Swift that is by no means a calculated attempt to appease hipsters. hires9.com and it is indeed unusual! No pop bangers, nor the usual dig aimed at Kanye West, the album is free from supercharged beats hires9.com and has a delicate instrumentation (piano, acoustic guitar, Mellotron, mandolin, slides…). Folklore toes a perfect line between silky neo-folk hires9.com and dream rock. It s as if the star had tucked herself away in a cabin in the forest to dream up new ideas like Bon Iver did at his debut…